This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1936.
The twenty popular records listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[2] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions | |
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1 | "Pennies from Heaven"[3] | Decca 947 | US BB 1936 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, Jazz Standards 1936 | ||||
2 | "The Way You Look To-night" | Brunswick 7717 | US BB 1936 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Jazz Standards 1936 | ||||
3 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "The Glory Of Love"[4] | Victor 25316 | US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks | |||
4 | "Alone"[5] | Victor 25191 | US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks | ||||
5 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "Goody Goody"[6] | Victor 25245 | US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks | |||
6 | "A Fine Romance" | Brunswick 7716 | US BB 1936 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks | ||||
7 | "The Music Goes Round and Round"[7] | Victor 25201 | US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks | ||||
8 | "Did I Remember?"[8] | Bluebird 6476 | US BB 1936 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks | ||||
9 | "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"[9] | Victor 25342 | US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks | ||||
10 | "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"[10] | Decca 768 | US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks | ||||
11 | "Melody from the Sky"[11] | Decca 761 | US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks | ||||
12 | "Moon Over Miami"[12] | Victor 25212 | US BB 1936 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks | ||||
13 | "The Music Goes 'Round and Around"[13] | Decca 578 | US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 sales[14] | ||||
14 | "In the Chapel in the Moonlight"[15] | Bluebird 6640 | US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks | ||||
15 | "There's a Small Hotel"[16] | Brunswick 7634 | US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks | ||||
16 | "When Did You Leave Heaven"[17] | Victor 25357 | US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks | ||||
17 | Jan Garber and His Orchestra | "A Beautiful Lady in Blue"[18] | Decca 651 | US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks | |||
18 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "It's Been So Long"[19] | Victor 25245 | US BB 1936 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks | |||
19 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You"[20] | Victor 25351 | US BB 1936 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1935 | |||
20 | Hal Kemp and His Orchestra | "When I'm with You" | Brunswick 7681 | US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks |
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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1936-12-14 | Rome | Pro Arte Quartet[21] | ||
Symphony in One Movement (Symphony No. 1) | 1936-12-13 | Rome | Augusteo Philharmonic – Molinari | |
1936-04-19 | Barcelona (ISCM) | Krasner / Pau Casals Orchestra – Scherchen[22] | ||
1936-02-25 | London | Stratton Quartet[23] | ||
Our Hunting Fathers | 1936-09-25 | Norwich, UK | Wyss / London Philharmonic – Britten [24] | |
1936-04-21 | Barcelona (ISCM) | Brosa, Britten [25] | ||
Temporal Variations | 1936-12-12 | London | Caine, Hallis | |
Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2) | 1936-04-10 | Boston | Boston Symphony – Chávez [26] | |
Statements | 1936-01-09 | Minneapolis | Minneapolis Symphony | |
Musica per tre pianoforti | 1936-03-30 | Geneva | Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche | |
Psalm for Orchestra | 1936-12-10 | Rochester, New York | Rochester Philharmonic – Hanson[27] | |
Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, Op. 26, No. 2 | 1936-3-4 | Paris | Alexanian, Enescu[28] | |
Catfish Row | 1936-01-21 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Orchestra – Smallens[29] | |
Trauermusik | 1936-01-21 | London | Hindemith / BBC Symphony – Boult[30] | |
Japanese Rhapsody | 1936-04-05 | Boston | Boston Symphony – Sevitzky[31] | |
1936-05-25 | Paris | Jane Evrard Orchestra | ||
Danse incantatoire | 1936-06-03 | Paris | Paris Symphony – Désormière | |
Prélude apocalyptique | 1936-12-06 | Paris | Messiaen | |
1936-05-12 | Moscow [32] | [Unknown performers] | ||
Budavári Te Deum | 1936-09-02 | Budapest | Ritter, Kisfaludy, Laczó, Mezey, Varhelyi / St. Matthew Church – Sugár[33] | |
Fragment from Karl V | 1936-04-19 | Barcelona (ISCM) | Meyer / Pau Casals Orchestra – Ansermet | |
Summer's Last Will and Testament | 1936-01-29 | London | Henderson / Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony – Lambert [34] | |
Louis Lavater | 'By Starlight' Serenade for piano and string | 1936 | Melbourne | unknown orchestra |
1936-12-27 | Paris | M. Moyse, B. Moyse / Paris Concerts Society Orchestra – Gaubert[35] | ||
Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas | 1936-04-25 | Paris | Nin-Culmell | |
Vocalise-Étude | 1936-05-18 | Paris | Quéru-Bedel, Messiaen | |
Aviation Symphony (Symphony No. 16) | 1936-10-24 | Moscow | Moscow Philharmonic – Szenkar[36] | |
Peter and the Wolf | 1936-05-02 | Moscow | Moscow Philharmonic – Prokofiev [37] | |
Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet | 1936-11-24 | Moscow | Moscow Philharmonic – Sebestyén[38] [39] | |
1936-11-06 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia Orchestra – Stokowski[40] | ||
Homenaje a Federico García Lorca | 1936-11-14 | Mexico City | Musicians from the National Conservatory – Revueltas [41] | |
Olympische Hymne | 1936-08-01 | Berlin (Olympics) | Berlin Philharmonic, National Socialist Symphony – Strauss [42] | |
Density 21.5 | 1936-02-16 | New York City | Barrère[43] | |
Dona nobis pacem | 1936-10-02 | Huddersfield, UK | Flynn, Henderson / Huddersfield Society, Hallé Orchestra – Coates[44] | |
See main article: 1936 in jazz.